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Author : Liang Luo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780472038602
Tracing the history and adaptation of one of China's foundational texts
Author : Geling Yan
Publisher : Aunt Lute Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015048935004
First collection published in English by major, multiple award-winning Chinese writer Yan Geling.
Author : Mary Zimmerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0810129272
Based on an ancient Chinese legend in which a snake spirit transforms herself into a beautiful woman in order to experience the human world.
Author : Leslie Anthony
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781553655275
Describes the author's lifelong fascination and career with snakes, including his adventures with dangerous snakes around the world and his associations with some of the world's leading herpetologists.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603842143
A cornerstone of Chinese popular culture, the legend of the White Snake--the admirable demon who loves her victim--has been continually rewritten, reinterpreted, and readapted for over five hundred years. The Precious Scroll of Thunder Peak was one of the most popular nineteenth-century versions of the legend. In bringing together translations of the Scroll, four anonymous youth books, and other texts related to the development of the White Snake legend, this volume opens a window into the richness and variety of premodern Chinese popular literature. It also illustrates the ways in which traditional and modern Chinese societies have treated a host of vital cultural issues, including the role of women in society, perceptions of sexuality, and folk religion. Wilt L. Idema's Introduction traces the evolution of the legend and places the translated texts in the history of Chinese popular literature and culture. Annotations explaining terms and references that may be unfamiliar to Western readers, a glossary, and a thorough bibliography further enhance the value of this book for both scholars and students.
Author : Liang Luo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780472052172
Provides a new perspective on the Chinese avant-garde through the figure of artist and activist Tian Han
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Pan Asian Publications (USA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Bilingual books
ISBN : 1572270748
A picture book, focusing on the Asia Paciflic region.
Author : Martin Popoff
Publisher : Soundcheck Books
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780957570085
In the first ever full biography of Whitesnake, top music writer Martin Popoff tells the tale of rock legend David Coverdale from his Deep Purple roots to the two distinct incarnations of his ὔber-creation. Whitesnake began life as a UK based blues rock outfit, until the lad from England’s chilly east coast upped sticks to America’s sunny west coast in search of fame, fortune, big videos and even bigger hair. He found them all, and 1987’s self-titled album went platinum eight times in the US alone, before their bright star waned in the face of dowdy grunge. In his 45th book, Martin has interviewed 30 major characters – including Coverdale – to piece together the band’s convoluted history. He traces the hirings and firings, the splits and reunions, the image changes which evolved over time enabling Coverdale and co. to stay ahead of the pack for over five decades. If you’ve rocked out to anthems such as “Here I Go Again”, “Fool For Your Loving”, “Still Of The Night”, or The Heart Of The City”, you’ll want to read about the man and the band that created them.
Author : Paul Theroux
Publisher : Eamon Dolan Books
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780544866478
Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines. Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe in search of the histories and peoples that give life to the places they call home. Now, as immigration debates boil around the world, Theroux has set out to explore a country key to understanding our current discourse: Mexico. Just south of the Arizona border, in the desert region of Sonora, he finds a place brimming with vitality, yet visibly marked by both the US Border Patrol looming to the north and mounting discord from within. With the same humanizing sensibility he employed in Deep South, Theroux stops to talk with residents, visits Zapotec mill workers in the highlands, and attends a Zapatista party meeting, communing with people of all stripes who remain south of the border even as their families brave the journey north. From the writer praised for his "curiosity and affection for humanity in all its forms" (New York Times Book Review), On the Plain of Snakes is an exploration of a region in conflict.
Author : Guenevere Lee
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781683507406
Three travelers must bring a terrifying prophecy to the distant tribes of the world in the first book of this alternate Bronze Age fantasy series. The nomadic tribe Whisperers of the Gods have seen the vision. The gods are preparing to send a world-destroying flood to punish those who have corrupted and forgotten the old ways. Three are chosen—Tersh, Kareth, and Sha’di—to go out and deliver a message to the world: The gods must be appeased before it’s too late. Leaving her children behind, Tersh must travel to the mountain kingdom of Matawe. She must also care for Kareth, who has been told since birth that he is destined for greatness, and whose overconfidence often leads him into danger. Meanwhile, Sha’di ventures off alone to find the people of the jungle, the Petzuhallpa. And while the jungle seems like a paradise, Sha’di soon discovers the dark rituals practiced within. Guided by visions, these adventurers must use their wits to survive in these strange new lands that show little interest in their warnings.
Author : Diane Morgan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313352935
The snake is one of humankind's most powerful and ambiguous symbols: it has at various times represented immortality and death, male and female, deity and demon, circle and line, killer and healer, the highest wisdom and the deepest subconscious. By virtue of its mysterious movement, potent poison, fearful grip, unblinking gaze and lightning quick strike, the power and image of the snake has wound its way into every culture. Whether snakes are worshipped as gods, feared as devils, or handled in religious ceremonies to test faith, snakes have played a critical role in the human heritage. This book explores the cult of the snake in world history, religion, and folklore. Fascination with snakes has been around since the dawn of time. Even today, images of snakes attract attention, fear, disgust, or admiration. Morgan examines that obsession with this mysterious creature, covering in vivid details such topics as mythical snakes like the Plumed Serpent, serpent iconography, tall tales, as well as the psychological symbolism that has attached itself to snakes. Cultures as diverse as pre-Columbian America, India, Egypt, China, sub-Saharan Africa, Celtic Europe, and the United States have all accorded the serpent a special place in their culture—apparently regardless of whether or not real snakes play an important part in the life of the people. Here, the mysterious nature of the snake unfolds, enchanting readers with a colorful and lively discussion of its place in our history, stories, religions, and cultures.
Author : Mark O'Shea
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226832869
Updated to reflect the most recent species classifications, a second edition of the beautifully illustrated and beloved guide to 600 members of the suborder Serpentes. For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion. Some people recoil in fear at the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them as pets. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single tongue flick, and so these creatures have held a special place in our cultures. Yet, for as many meanings as we attribute to snakes—from fertility and birth to sin and death—the real-life species represent an even wider array of wonders. Now in a new edition, reflecting the most recent species classifications, The Book of Snakes presents 600 species of snakes from around the world, covering roughly one in seven of all snake species. It will bring greater understanding of a group of reptiles that have existed for more than 160 million years and that now inhabit every continent except Antarctica, as well as two of the great oceans. This volume pairs spectacular photos with easy-to-digest text. It is the first book on these creatures that combines a broad, worldwide sample with full-color, life-size accounts. Entries include close-ups of the snake’s head and a section of the snake at actual size. The detailed images allow readers to examine the intricate scale patterns and rainbow of colors as well as special features like a cobra’s hood or a rattlesnake’s rattle. The text is written for laypeople and includes a glossary of frequently used terms. Herpetologists and herpetoculturists alike will delight in this collection, and even those with a more cautious stance on snakes will find themselves drawn in by the wild diversity of the suborder Serpentes.
Author : Clotilde Bruneau,Julien Magnat
Publisher : Graphic Universe& 8482
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780761387756
"The new adventures based on the masterpiece by Antoine de Saint-Exupaery."
Author : David Kilcullen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190265700
Just a few years ago, people spoke of the US as a hyperpower-a titan stalking the world stage with more relative power than any empire in history. Yet as early as 1993, newly-appointed CIA director James Woolsey pointed out that although Western powers had "slain a large dragon" by defeating the Soviet Union in the Cold War, they now faced a "bewildering variety of poisonous snakes." In The Dragons and the Snakes, the eminent soldier-scholar David Kilcullen asks how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict. Applying a combination of evolutionary theory and detailed field observation, he explains what happened to the "snakes"-non-state threats including terrorists and guerrillas-and the "dragons"-state-based competitors such as Russia and China. He explores how enemies learn under conditions of conflict, and examines how Western dominance over a very particular, narrowly-defined form of warfare since the Cold War has created a fitness landscape that forces adversaries to adapt in ways that present serious new challenges to America and its allies. Within the world's contemporary conflict zones, Kilcullen argues, state and non-state threats have increasingly come to resemble each other, with states adopting non-state techniques and non-state actors now able to access levels of precision and lethal weapon systems once only available to governments. A counterintuitive look at this new, vastly more complex environment, The Dragons and the Snakes will not only reshape our understanding of the West's enemies' capabilities, but will also show how we can respond given the increasing limits on US power.
Author : Michael P. Senger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1957083778
Through propaganda, corruption, and fraud, the Chinese Communist Party under Xi Jinping transformed the snake oil of COVID-19 lockdowns into "science." This is how he did it, and why.
